Albion Receives GRAS Status for Iron Taste-Free

CLEARFIELD, UtahAlbion Human Nutrition® received approval of its self-affirmed generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status and has applied for two patents for Iron Taste-Free, a patented ferric glycinate ingredient.

Iron Taste Free is a highly bioavailable and safe alternative for iron supplementation in pediatric suspensions and food fortification. Iron Taste Frees absorption is regulated by ferric reductase, an enzyme that converts the ferric iron form to the absorbable ferrous form. The ferric reductase activity responds to the bodys iron levels, ensuring the safety profile for Iron Taste Free.

Iron Taste Free is supported by two patent applications as a buffered absorption and ferric absorption promoter. These mechanisms increase the area in which the Iron Taste-Free remains in solution and available for absorption. As a result, a greater portion of the solution is subject to conversion to a more absorbable form.

Learn more about considerations when formulating with the mineral in the Iron Buyers Guidebook.